Pittsburgh has been without an athletics director for nearly five months now. The school fired Steve Pederson on Dec. 17, shortly after head football coach Paul Chryst walked out the door to Wisconsin.
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher‘s plan to fix the instability within the football program was to create some instability at the AD spot.
One person who will not replace Pederson is Northern Illinois athletics director Sean Frazier.
Frazier denied interest in the position to HuskieWire.com on Tuesday. “I am not a finalist for any job at Pitt,” Frazier said. “I’m unaware of how I (was on the list of finalists). I’m flattered, don’t get me wrong, but the only job I’m looking at is at the beloved Northern Illinois University.”
Frazier was identified as a finalist by Pittsburgh TV reporter Rich Walsh.Just found out 4 candidates for Pitt Athletic Dir. job Vince Nicastro (Nova) Mark Coyle (Boise) Sean Frazier (N. Ill) Scott Barnes (Utah St)
— Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) April 14, 2015
Frazier has been Northern Illinois’ athletics director for two years. The Huskies are 23-5 with a MAC championship and two MAC title game appearances in that span.